Re: Should native compilation be enabled by default?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>
> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 21:35:59 +0100
> 
> Andrea Corallo wrote:
> 
> >> My understanding, reading the reddit link, is that the
> >> version XX of libgccjit should match that of gcc if the
> >> former is to be found. In the event that it isn't
> >> CC="gcc-XX" should be exported before ./configure. I stand
> >> corrected if that isn't the case.
> >
> > If a distro installs a non functional libgccjit that should
> > be a bug fixed in the distro, I don't think we should work
> > around it changing the system compiler.
> 
> It is a no brainer that all Emacs users should benefit from
> native compilation, it is a some brainer how to make this
> happen in practice without friction.

After 2 major releases (which did uncover some friction, now solved),
we are way past that.